On 6–7 February 2025, EVERPV project partners convened at the CEA facilities in Grenoble, France, for the project’s third General Assembly. The meeting served as a crucial moment to assess progress, align on key achievements, and plan upcoming activities.
The first day of the assembly focused primarily on the technical work packages. Partners shared updates on innovations in delamination technologies, and in the purification and characterisation of critical materials recovered from end-of-life solar panels, including glass, backsheets (polymers), silver, and encapsulants. These developments mark significant steps forward in the project’s mission to enable the recovery and reuse of valuable materials, supporting the creation of a truly circular solar PV value chain.
Discussions also addressed the demonstration phase of the EVERPV technologies, particularly how EVERPV innovations will be implemented and validated at pilot lines located in Italy and France. These demonstration lines will play a central role in scaling up lab-proven techniques to industrial relevance, and will form a cornerstone of the project’s 2025 activities.
On the second day, attention shifted to the project’s non-technical aspects, including communication, policy engagement, and preparations for the upcoming project review meeting in Brussels. Partners reviewed the status of the communication and policy work packages and outlined next steps for the life cycle assessment of EVERPV’s delamination technologies—an essential component in demonstrating the environmental benefits of the project’s circular approach.
Looking ahead, 2025 is expected to be a decisive year for EVERPV. The project will move from the research and development phase toward real-world application, not only demonstrating the technological feasibility of advanced recycling methods but also proving that the recovered materials can be effectively reused to manufacture new, high-quality solar PV panels.
During the two-day event, participants also had the opportunity to visit CEA’s Y.SPOT, an open innovation centre designed to foster collaboration between research, industry, and startups, as well as the CEA Batteries Lab—both important hubs in the wider push for sustainable and energy-efficient technologies.
As EVERPV advances, the General Assembly in Grenoble underscored the partners’ joint dedication to advancing innovation in circular solar technologies, and supporting Europe’s transition to a greener future.
